Vehicle regulations in Austria
- Driving on the right
- Speed limits
- Compulsory wearing of seatbelts
- Safety distance
- Emergency lane
- Using a mobile phone while driving
- Child restraints
- Smoking ban and non-smoker protection in private vehicles
- Compulsory wearing of helmets
- Lighting requirements
- Obligatory safety equipment
- Minimum tyre tread depths
- Short-term car parking zones
- Encounter zone
- Vignette and toll
- Driving with foreign number plates
- Driver identification (driver information)
- Drinking and driving
- Drug-impaired driving
- Driving in winter
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Last update: 13 March 2025
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